LIVE: Biden to Deliver Remarks in Buffalo, New York, in Wake of Mass Shooting
May 17, 2022
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as posted by the channel(May 17) President Joe Biden will visit Buffalo on Tuesday to honor the victims of what authorities are calling a racist mass shooting, as Washington remains paralyzed around issues of gun violence and White extremism.
The massacre at a supermarket in a mostly Black neighborhood on Saturday left 10 people dead and three wounded. The killings, which are being investigated as a racially-motivated hate crime, renewed calls among congressional Democrats for stricter gun control legislation and stronger hate-crime laws.
But Capitol Hill action on such intractable, divisive issues is highly unlikely with midterm elections just months away.
That leaves Biden with little to offer in the way of policy changes to yet another community in mourning from racist violence. The visit comes as the president grapples with daunting challenges -- inflation, record-high gasoline prices, a shortage of baby formula and an overall increase in violent crime -- that have Democrats poised for a wipe-out in the November election.
“The president will call this despicable act for what it is -- terrorism motivated by a hateful and perverse ideology that tears at the soul of our nation,” White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters Tuesday on the flight to Buffalo.
The president and first lady Jill Biden plan to meet with relatives of victims as well as emergency workers and community leaders. In Buffalo, Biden will underscore the threat of hate crimes and renew his plea for new gun restrictions, according to a White House official.
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